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Papaveraceae
Horned-poppy
Glaucium flavum
Also known as Yellow horned poppy, Horn poppy, Sea poppy, Glaucium luteum
Native Plants · Poppy · Coastal Plant · Yellow Flowers · Drought Tolerant · Sandy Soil · Wildflower · Mediterranean · Ornamental · Self-Seeding · Coastal Garden
Yellow horned-poppy is a striking coastal perennial with vivid golden-yellow flowers and distinctive long seed pods, thriving in sunny, well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil. It is drought-tolerant once established and requires minimal watering or fertilization. Plant in a sunny border or coastal garden and allow it to self-seed for a naturalized effect.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry between waterings as this plant tolerates dry conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina South, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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